The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-07-06
A SINGULAR DEATH.
a Coicred Man Killed by BeiEs Entted In the
Head by Another Darscy.


Jack Dillard, colored, Car coupler in the
freight yard Of the &. 4 6. L. X, III this
CITY, met with death yesterday afternoon IN
most singular way. About ; o'clock the
ifting engine was placing L tank car
opposite the pumps of the turpentIne
reScrG2ir Of Lor;ck & Lowrance, and not
getting the car IN the proper position to re,
ceive the turpentine. after making SevaTa,
attempts, billiard became impatient and
hallocd at Scott Logan, the colorcd fireman
on the shifting engine, that he Was not at
tending 10 his business, whereupoI the two
men passed a few bantering words. When
the tank car was placed in position billiard
90: cn the footboard Of the engine and tod
Logan that e he wanted anything out Of
him to get down on the g1o%nd.
Mr.. ". d. Graham, the engineer, @a,,'>>
he was rot impressed that the men were
angry. but were about to engage IN play
fui tussie. Logan got OF the engine, and,
rs he stepped on the ground, DIlard,
laughing, collared and slapped him on the
face. Logan then collared billiard and the
two scutfled around q little, when Logan
butted billiard in the forehead. Both men
were laughing meanwhile and ces.stet
Whea Mr. Graham told them to quit their
foolishresS ard come on to work. billiard
said he had enough if Scott had, and
walked of short distance, while Scott
ros hack or the engine. During the tusslc
neither man went 10 the ground, but one
held On TO the othe..' and EcEe KICKING eac!:
other o1 the Shins.
The engine then went up to the peniteIi
tiary 10 cary car and before 1t returned
Mr.. NJ B. Green, the yard master, found
DiEar5 lying insensible under the edge Of
a car near the sccce of the scutile. His
coat and shoes We're OF, ana he h&G unEut
toned his pants, but he could not speai,
when Nr. Green called to him. Mr.. Green,
thinking he had been mashed between the
cars, so stated to Mr.. Graham when he
returned Mr. Graham then said sucli was
not the case and related the circumstances
Of the S1u.l!e.
In the meantime Dr. TAYLOR had been
summoned. but before he could reach the
yard billiard was dead. 1t is thought lie
died in about 80 minutes subsequent TO the
scutiic, as near as could be judged. There
was no sign Of the blow he had received,
but at the spot where he was lying, it APP
pearcd as if he had spit up small quantity
of blood He was TO have gone up to the
penitcntiaIy with the car, but not coming
to tie eI..rinc when It left, the engineer
Wen, cD without him, under the impression
that he was otherwise engaged in the yard.
When told that billiard was dead Scott
Logan began weeping and made no effort
TO get away Soon afterwards Policeman
Og@ appeared on the scene, arrested Logan
and confined him in the guard house.
Coroner Civil later il the afternoon held
IN inquest, securing jury composed of al
colored men with the exception Of three.
c. D. Lowndes acted as foreman and scv
eral witnesses testified to the effect as pub
lished above Adjourning from where the
body lay, the jury went to the guard house
where Dr. Taylor was examined He tes-
titled that the blow caused the death and
that il was his opinion that death resulted
from hemorrhage Of the brain.
II was shown by several Witnesses that
Diil&-d, on the 1st March last. got his head
mashed between some cars and was laid
up couple Of weeks from his IL. .iUrics. lie
had OFF and on complained since Of pain in
the Nt;tu ana cHcsL ana on iHlS RECOUNT H'.li
to Qui: work a couple OF days daring the
recen: hot spell. This may or may not
have rendered blow Of any kind on his
head dangerous, but it was evident that the
cause Of death was the butt re-
ceiyeC: from the head Of Logan.
Logan was committed to Jail to await I
hearing,-Cv!n"tjta Eec0rd,
June 80